---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 U.S.C. § 117"
title: "28"
title_heading: "Judiciary and Judicial Procedure"
number: "117"
heading: "Oregon"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/28/117"
units:
  - "Part I — Organization of Courts"
  - "Chapter 5 — District Courts"
---

# §117. Oregon


Oregon constitutes one judicial district.

Court shall be held at Coquille, Eugene or Springfield, Klamath Falls, Medford, Pendleton, and Portland.


## Source credit

(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 888; Aug. 3, 1950, ch. 514, 64 Stat. 393; Pub. L. 91–272, § 7, June 2, 1970, 84 Stat. 297; Pub. L. 106–518, title V, § 502, Nov. 13, 2000, 114 Stat. 2422.)

## Notes

### Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 183 (Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, § 102, 36 Stat. 1122; Nov. 6, 1945, ch. 447, 59 Stat. 555).

Provisions relating to appointment and residence of deputies by the clerk and marshal, and maintenance of offices by said officers, were omitted as covered by sections 541 [see 561], 542 [see 561], and 751 of this title.

Changes in arrangement and phraseology were made.

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2000—Pub. L. 106–518 substituted “Eugene or Springfield” for “Eugene”.

1970—Pub. L. 91–272 provided for holding court at Coquille.

1950—Act Aug. 3, 1950, provided for holding court at Eugene.